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Medical Xpress / Parkinson's drug tolcapone found to block key protein in hospital superbug

When the hospital germ Pseudomonas aeruginosa infects the body, it uses the sugar-binding protein LecA to attach itself to human cells, invade them, and form so-called biofilms. LecA thus plays a central role in the development ...

Nov 26, 2025 in Medications
Phys.org / Seal milk more refined than breast milk, research reveals

Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have discovered that milk from gray seals in the Atlantic Ocean may be more potent than breast milk. An analysis of seal milk found approximately 33% more sugar molecules than in ...

Nov 25, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Why the 'gut brain' plays a central role for allergies

An international research team led by scientists from Bern and Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin has identified a previously unknown function of the intestinal nervous system.

Nov 25, 2025 in Immunology
Medical Xpress / Myeloid mimicry enables kidney tumors to resist immunotherapy and worsen rapidly, study finds

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have found that renal medullary carcinoma (RMC) cells use an adaptive mechanism called "myeloid mimicry" to hide from the immune system and promote disease ...

Nov 25, 2025 in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Quantum ground states: Scalable counterdiabatic driving technique enables reliable and rapid preparation

Quantum ground states are the states at which quantum systems have the minimum possible energy. Quantum computers are increasingly being used to analyze the ground states of interesting systems, which could in turn inform ...

Nov 22, 2025 in Physics
Phys.org / When substrates dictate the route: Deuterium source reshapes hydrogen isotope exchange pathways

A collaboration between the groups of Professor Mónica H. Pérez-Temprano at the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) and Professor Anat Milo at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has uncovered how the characteristics ...

Nov 25, 2025 in Chemistry
Phys.org / Ancient wolves on remote Baltic Sea island reveal link to prehistoric humans

Scientists have found wolf remains, thousands of years old, on a small, isolated island in the Baltic Sea—a place where the animals could only have been brought by humans.

Nov 24, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Potentially distinct structure in Kuiper belt discovered with help of clustering algorithm

A vast region of our solar system, called the Kuiper belt, stretches from the orbit of Neptune out to 50 or so astronomical units (AU), where an AU is the distance between Earth and the sun. This region consists mostly of ...

Nov 21, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Tech Xplore / Turning up the heat on steel's carbon pollution problem

EU researchers are testing new hydrogen-powered burners that could slash emissions from one of the world's most carbon-intensive industries—without shutting down production.

Nov 26, 2025 in Energy & Green Tech
Medical Xpress / Neuroscience takes flight: Introducing behavioral 'wind tunnels' for real-world brain translation

The Journal of Neuroscience features for the first time a cover concept that is not about what neuroscientists have done, but rather what neuroscience can do for humanity's future.

Nov 26, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / Seeing rich people increases support for wealth redistribution, study finds

If people do not observe inequality, they are less likely to favor policies that redistribute wealth, such as taxation—but they are also more satisfied with their lot, according to online experiments involving 1,440 US-based ...

Nov 25, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / From orbit to X-ray: Imaging the entire EURECA satellite to reveal hidden structural damage

Whether it's a sprained ankle or a backpack at the airport, X-ray images are an everyday occurrence in many areas. Empa researchers at the Center for X-Ray Analytics have succeeded in taking images that are far less commonplace: ...

Nov 25, 2025 in Astronomy & Space